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Comments on MetaFilter post To help thousands of people in over 200 countries diagnose, treat and prevent common illnessesTue, 26 Jul 2011 20:35:13 -0800Tue, 26 Jul 2011 20:35:13 -0800en-ushttp://blogs.law.harvard.edu/tech/rss60To help thousands of people in over 200 countries diagnose, treat and prevent common illnesseshttp://www.metafilter.com/105924/To-help-thousands-of-people-in-over-200-countries-diagnose-treat-and-prevent-common-illnesses
<a href="http://www.hesperian.org/">Hesperian</a> is a non-profit publisher of books and newsletters for community-based health care, mostly aimed at the third world. Their first book, <em><a href="http://site.ebrary.com/lib/hesperian/docDetail.action?docID=10411911">Where There Is No Doctor, A Village Health Handbook</a></em>, has been translated into <a href="http://www.hesperian.org/publications_translation.php">88</a> languages and is one of the most <a href="http://www.hesperian.org/capstone_art_2.php">widely used</a> training and work manuals for community health care in the world. They have now made <a href="http://www.hesperian.org/publications_download.php">20 of their publications available for free download, many of which can now also be browsed online through their website</a> using an "<a href="http://www.ebrary.com/corp/">Ebrary</a>" in-browser interface. <br /><br />Available publications:
<ul>
<li>Where There Is No Doctor: <a href="http://www.hesperian.org/10411911.php">Download</a> or <a href="http://site.ebrary.com/lib/hesperian/docDetail.action?docID=10411911">Browse Online</a></li>
<li>Where Women Have No Doctor: <a href="http://www.hesperian.org/10408699.php">Download</a> or <a href="http://site.ebrary.com/lib/hesperian/docDetail.action?docID=10408699">Browse Online</a></li>
<li>A Book for Midwives: <a href="http://www.hesperian.org/10408692.php">Download</a> or <a href="http://site.ebrary.com/lib/hesperian/docDetail.action?docID=10408692&amp;ppg=1">Browse Online</a></li>
<li>Where There Is No Dentist: <a href="http://www.hesperian.org/10408695.php">Download</a> or <a href="http://site.ebrary.com/lib/hesperian/docDetail.action?docID=10408695">Browse Online</a></li>
<li>A Health Handbook for Women with Disabilities: <a href="http://www.hesperian.org/10408697.php">Download</a> or <a href="http://site.ebrary.com/lib/hesperian/docDetail.action?docID=10408697">Browse Online</a></li>
<li>Disabled Village Children: <a href="http://www.hesperian.org/10408696.php">Download</a> or <a href="http://site.ebrary.com/lib/hesperian/docDetail.action?docID=10408696&amp;ppg=1">Browse Online</a></li>
<li>Helping Children Who Are Deaf: <a href="http://www.hesperian.org/10408693.php">Download</a> or <a href="http://site.ebrary.com/lib/hesperian/docDetail.action?docID=10408693">Browse Online</a></li>
<li>Helping Children Who Are Blind: <a href="http://www.hesperian.org/10424768.php">Download</a> or <a href="http://site.ebrary.com/lib/hesperian/docDetail.action?docID=10424768">Browse Online</a></li>
<li>A Community Guide to Environmental Health: <a href="http://www.hesperian.org/10408698.php">Download</a>, or <a href="http://site.ebrary.com/lib/hesperian/docDetail.action?docID=10408698&amp;ppg=1">Browse Online</a></li>
<li>Helping Health Workers Learn: <a href="http://www.hesperian.org/10432717.php">Download</a> or <a href="http://site.ebrary.com/lib/hesperian/docDetail.action?docID=10432717">Browse Online</a></li>
<li><a href="http://www.hesperian.org/publications_download_factory.php">A Workers' Guide to Health and Safety</a></li>
<li><a href="http://www.hesperian.org/publications_download_whx.php">Women's Health Exchange</a></li>
<li><a href="http://www.hesperian.info/assets/environmental/Cholera_EN.pdf">Cholera Prevention Fact Sheet (PDF)</a></li>
<li><a href="http://www.hesperian.info/assets/environmental/EHB_Sanitation_EN_lowres.pdf">Sanitation and Cleanliness for a Healthy Environment (PDF)</a></li>
<li><a href="http://www.hesperian.info/assets/environmental/Water_EN.pdf">Water for life (PDF)</a></li>
<li><a href="http://www.hesperian.info/assets/environmental/Pesticides_EN.pdf">Pesticides are poison (PDF)</a></li><br>
<li><a href="http://www.hesperian.info/assets/environmental/webmedwaste.pdf">Safe Handling of Health Care Waste (PDF)</a></li>
<li><a href="http://www.hesperian.org/trianglefire.php">Fighting Factory Fires: 100 years after the Triangle Fire</a></li>
</ul>
Some of the listed publications are also available for free download / browsing in <a href="http://www.hesperian.org/publications_download.php#french">French</a>, <a href="http://www.hesperian.org/publications_download.php#spanish">Spanish</a> and <a href="http://www.hesperian.org/publications_download.php#ot">other languages</a>.
Previously on Mefi (in 2007): <a href="http://www.metafilter.com/65390/Where-there-is-no-doctor">mrbill had uploaded some of their publications to scribd.</a>post:www.metafilter.com,2011:site.105924Tue, 26 Jul 2011 20:25:39 -0800zarqhesperianmedicinehealthhealthcaresafetyknowledgebiologyscienceabortionDIYemergencyvillageHIVmentalhealthwomenwomenshealthBy: ChuraChurahttp://www.metafilter.com/105924/To-help-thousands-of-people-in-over-200-countries-diagnose-treat-and-prevent-common-illnesses#3836313
Oh, this is great! I Used Where There Is No Doctor when I was doing fieldwork in northwestern Kenya. It was helpful because we were camped right next to a Turkana encampment and there must have been about a gazillion kids with pinkeye. I am going to download these now in anticipation of more fieldwork - thanks for this awesome post!comment:www.metafilter.com,2011:site.105924-3836313Tue, 26 Jul 2011 20:35:13 -0800ChuraChuraBy: zarqhttp://www.metafilter.com/105924/To-help-thousands-of-people-in-over-200-countries-diagnose-treat-and-prevent-common-illnesses#3836334
Awesome! I hope it's helpful to you!
They're apparently now working on an updated version of WTIND, too. The Foundation keeps a <a href="http://hesperian.typepad.com/weblog/">blog</a>, and perhaps it will be announced there when it's released.comment:www.metafilter.com,2011:site.105924-3836334Tue, 26 Jul 2011 20:43:27 -0800zarqBy: Conrad Cornelius o'Donald o'Dellhttp://www.metafilter.com/105924/To-help-thousands-of-people-in-over-200-countries-diagnose-treat-and-prevent-common-illnesses#3836347
<a href="http://www.metafilter.com/102298/The-Ship-Captains-Medical-Guide">Relatedly</a>. I remembered it because there were a number of mentions of "Where There Is No Doctor" in that thread.comment:www.metafilter.com,2011:site.105924-3836347Tue, 26 Jul 2011 20:53:12 -0800Conrad Cornelius o'Donald o'DellBy: BrotherCainehttp://www.metafilter.com/105924/To-help-thousands-of-people-in-over-200-countries-diagnose-treat-and-prevent-common-illnesses#3836365
Woooooo! Now I can skip the heimlich and go right to tracheotomies!comment:www.metafilter.com,2011:site.105924-3836365Tue, 26 Jul 2011 21:04:50 -0800BrotherCaineBy: SPrintFhttp://www.metafilter.com/105924/To-help-thousands-of-people-in-over-200-countries-diagnose-treat-and-prevent-common-illnesses#3836387
There were a lot of people that dissed the <a href="http://one.laptop.org/">One Laptop Per Child</a> project as absurd. "These people don't need computers! They need a sandwich!"
They need <em>information</em>. Knowing is half-way to doing. Ignorance is not bliss; it is oblivion.comment:www.metafilter.com,2011:site.105924-3836387Tue, 26 Jul 2011 21:19:14 -0800SPrintFBy: allkindsoftimehttp://www.metafilter.com/105924/To-help-thousands-of-people-in-over-200-countries-diagnose-treat-and-prevent-common-illnesses#3836535
Great post. I've worked in the last few years in some of the most remote parts of the 3rd world and frankly it can be a bit scary to know you're in a place where if something goes wrong, you can't see a doctor for 72 hours, minimum, if you're lucky. And, you're already lucky, because you're one of the few people who could actually afford the means to get out of there and find transport to somewhere where there is a doctor. Knowing that complications from a broken bone or relatively minor head injury could be lethal can be something that puts everything in a whole new perspective, so these types of resources are invaluable at providing help where there is none. That much more so for those who will never leave such places in their lives.comment:www.metafilter.com,2011:site.105924-3836535Wed, 27 Jul 2011 00:22:38 -0800allkindsoftimeBy: adamvascohttp://www.metafilter.com/105924/To-help-thousands-of-people-in-over-200-countries-diagnose-treat-and-prevent-common-illnesses#3836617
Ship Captain's Medical Guide (<a href="http://www.metafilter.com/102298/The-Ship-Captains-Medical-Guide#3624320">FPP</a>) for <a href="http://itunes.apple.com/gb/app/ship-captains-medical-guide/id332752870?mt=8">ipad and iphone</a> (UKL 2.59) and a <a href="http://www.filesonic.com/file/37718695/Ship%20Captain_s%20Medical%20Guide.pdf#">free download as pdf</a>.comment:www.metafilter.com,2011:site.105924-3836617Wed, 27 Jul 2011 03:49:23 -0800adamvascoBy: Avengerhttp://www.metafilter.com/105924/To-help-thousands-of-people-in-over-200-countries-diagnose-treat-and-prevent-common-illnesses#3836687
<a href="http://www.metafilter.com/65390/Where-there-is-no-doctor">Previously</a>comment:www.metafilter.com,2011:site.105924-3836687Wed, 27 Jul 2011 05:47:59 -0800AvengerBy: Avengerhttp://www.metafilter.com/105924/To-help-thousands-of-people-in-over-200-countries-diagnose-treat-and-prevent-common-illnesses#3836689
Whoops. Lawlcomment:www.metafilter.com,2011:site.105924-3836689Wed, 27 Jul 2011 05:49:20 -0800AvengerBy: zarqhttp://www.metafilter.com/105924/To-help-thousands-of-people-in-over-200-countries-diagnose-treat-and-prevent-common-illnesses#3836719
<a href="http://www.metafilter.com/105924/To-help-thousands-of-people-in-over-200-countries-diagnose-treat-and-prevent-common-illnesses#3836689">Avenger</a>: "<i>Whoops. Lawl</i>"
Heh. :)comment:www.metafilter.com,2011:site.105924-3836719Wed, 27 Jul 2011 06:28:50 -0800zarqBy: oneironauthttp://www.metafilter.com/105924/To-help-thousands-of-people-in-over-200-countries-diagnose-treat-and-prevent-common-illnesses#3836744
Bibles for Peace Corps Volunteers everywhere.comment:www.metafilter.com,2011:site.105924-3836744Wed, 27 Jul 2011 07:00:39 -0800oneironautBy: Katjusa Roquettehttp://www.metafilter.com/105924/To-help-thousands-of-people-in-over-200-countries-diagnose-treat-and-prevent-common-illnesses#3836760
This is fantastic! Cement fillings! Oooopa!comment:www.metafilter.com,2011:site.105924-3836760Wed, 27 Jul 2011 07:09:26 -0800Katjusa RoquetteBy: mrbillhttp://www.metafilter.com/105924/To-help-thousands-of-people-in-over-200-countries-diagnose-treat-and-prevent-common-illnesses#3837022
Thanks, zarq! Great update.comment:www.metafilter.com,2011:site.105924-3837022Wed, 27 Jul 2011 09:17:33 -0800mrbillBy: mrbillhttp://www.metafilter.com/105924/To-help-thousands-of-people-in-over-200-countries-diagnose-treat-and-prevent-common-illnesses#3837048
Don't forget <a href="http://www.usaisr.amedd.army.mil/ewsh.html">The Emergency War Surgery Handbook</a>.
I've got an "everything in one file" PDF version <a href="http://www.mrbill.net/survival/Emergency-War-Surgery.pdf">on my website</a>.comment:www.metafilter.com,2011:site.105924-3837048Wed, 27 Jul 2011 09:25:32 -0800mrbillBy: zarqhttp://www.metafilter.com/105924/To-help-thousands-of-people-in-over-200-countries-diagnose-treat-and-prevent-common-illnesses#3837099
Thank <em>you,</em> mrbill!comment:www.metafilter.com,2011:site.105924-3837099Wed, 27 Jul 2011 09:40:56 -0800zarq